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 BHCC - INTRO TO LAW

SUMMER I 2011

Kevin V. Daley, Esq., Adjunct Professor

kdaley@kevindaley.com

www.Legal1.us

617-492-0100

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 BHCC -

Fall 2011

Kevin V. Daley, Esq., Adjunct Professor

kdaley@kevindaley.com

www.Legal1.us

617-492-0100

ESTATES & TRUSTS

Course BUS-121

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This course covers: the need for wills, trusts, and related documents: document drafting techniques: the substantive and procedural law of will, trusts and estates; and the estate administration and court processes.

REQUIRED TEXT: Wills, Trusts, and Estate Administration, 6^th Edition, Dennis R. Hower and Peter T. Kahn (Thomson/Delmar Learning).

COURSE TOPICS:

1. The Estate Plan and the Purpose and Need for a Will
2. The Concept of Property Related to Wills, Trusts, and Estate Administration
3. The Participants and the Proper Court
4. The Law of Succession: Death Testate or Intestate
5. Wills: Validity Requirements, Modification, Revocation, and Contests
6. Preparation to Draft a Will: Checklists and the Client Conference
7. Final Draft and Execution of a Valid Will
8. Introduction to Trusts
9. Classification of Trusts, the Living Trust, and Other Special Trusts
10. Personal Representatives: Types, Pre-Probate Duties, and Appointment
11. Probate and Estate Administration

TEACHING PROCEDURES

In class lectures, questions and answers, and review question assignments. Homework assignments: reading, questions, contemporary issues in the news. Instructional Objectives: Understand the basic law and procedures, drafting techniques, and court process of estate and trust administration.

Grading:           15% - Quizzes (unless designated as a practice quiz)

                        10%   - Attendance, participation, and homework

75% - Exams –

40% midterm exam – just after mid-semester

35% final exam – at end of semester

Quiz 2 Fall 2011

Quiz 3 Fall 2011

Final Exam Fall 2011- Due 12/17/11
Email answers only in vertical format in body of email to kdaley@kevindaley.com, and include your name. Any deviation or tardiness will be penalized.
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REAL ESTATE LAW - Fall 2011

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Real Estate Law - EXAM 1  (Works format)     Real Estate Law - EXAM 1  (Word format)

HOME WORK - read chapter 4 & answer odd self-study questions 

Closings hand out - MA

Real Estate Law Exam 2 (MS Works format - contact me for a pdf, if necesssary)

Real Estate Law Exam 3 - Due 12/8/11
- email answers only in vertical format in body of email to kdaley@kevindaley.com, and include your name. Any deviation or tardines will be penalized.

Real Estate Law Exam 4 - Due 12/21/11
Email answers only in vertical format in body of email to kdaley@kevindaley.com, and include your name. Any deviation or tardines will be penalized.